The national airline, Maldivian, has repatriated an additional 200 Bangladeshi nationals from the Maldives.
The government has been conducting special efforts to repatriate expatriate workers stranded in the Maldives amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the joint programme launched by Ministry of Economic Development, Maldives Immigration and Maldivian, an additional 200 Bangladeshi nationals were repatriated from Maldives on September 24. So far, 8,709 Bangladeshi nationals have been repatriated from Maldives amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, Maldives Immigration has begun facilitating the return of undocumented and illegal expatriate workers who wish to return to their countries coinciding with the reopening of the borders of the Maldives. Maldives Immigration stated expatriate workers with a valid passport can directly go to the airport for repatriation, starting from July 24 until December 31, with the filled Application for Voluntary Departure form available from the Maldives Immigration website. The authority said expatriate workers with any restriction on international travel will not be granted assistance for repatriation under the programme.
Additionally, Immigration revealed facilitation for the repatriation of expatriate workers without a passport or with expired passports, will be provided from its Expatriate Monitoring and Repatriation Section.